From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: BASH as default DOS shell under Windows 98?
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 21:55:39 -0400
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Bernard P. Murray, PhD wrote:

> Yes, just check the first two bytes of a program and if they
> are "MZ" it will be loaded as a .EXE and if not then as a .COM
> (the extensions only tell DOS that it is actually a program).
> (I used to know whose initials M.Z. were)
>
> If you take a .EXE an change one of those bytes DOS will
> usually complain that the program is "too big to fit in
> memory" (as .COM files have to be single segment so < 64k).
> I don't have a PC handy at the moment to check COMMAND.

    I checked, and it is "MZ".

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